Geography
Geography II
Social Studies terms
Teacher knowledge
100
What ocean is located to the RIGHT of Africa?

Indian Ocean

100

Puerto Rico is a part of which continent?

North America

100

The supply of water to land or crops for agricultural purposes.

Irrigation

100

How many letters are in Ms. Z's last name?

11

200

Map coordinates are measured in what unit?

Degrees.

200

Another name for a map's legend

Key

200

What is a political map?

A map that shows boundaries (borders) like that of states and countries.

200

Ms. Z is ____-handed.

Left

300

The United States is in which hemisphere: northern, or southern?

Northern

300

The longest river in the world

The Nile River

300

A fan-shaped landform at the mouth of a river that has fertile soil.

Delta

300

When is Ms. Z's birthday?

Today.

400

Europe is located in these TWO hemispheres.

Northern and eastern

400

Name the 5 countries that are a part of Scandinavia

Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Denmark

400

The prefix geo-, as seen in words like geography, means...?

Earth

400

What other Goethe teacher has memorized the poem, "Equipment?"

Mr. Weber

500

Lines of latitude are also called this.

Parallels

500

A person whose job it is to draw maps is called a...?

Cartographer

500

If it's not nature, it's...

Culture

500

Before becoming a principal, Mr. Elmasri taught what middle school subjectS?

ELA and Social Studies